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FESTIVAL COMMITTEE MEETING • MINUTES July 29, 1997 4:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER: Co-Chair Theresa Cermak called the meeting to order. ROLL CALL: Members present included Theresa Cermak, Stephanie Kirchmaier, Pete Severson, Don Hodges, Amy Hodges, and Kathy Harrer. Staff present included Mary Saarion, Chuck Whiting and Mary Johnson. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of July 1, 1997 were approved by consensus. APPROVAL OF BUDGET TD: The budget to date was approved by consensus. COMMA TE, EVALUATIONS: Festival Committee members took this time to review the 1997 Festival and share ideas, concerns and suggestions for next year. • Food Concessions: * Because of the extremely hot and muggy weather, the police garage was hot and there was a real need for fans. * Recycling bins for pop cans would be good-can obtain these through Waste Management. * Ramsey County Health Inspector was not happy with the hot dog distribution for the parade participants. Next year this will need to be included in the permit process. * Suggestion to post food distribution guidelines so that all groups can read an be familiar. * There must be pians made for cooling animals that are marching in the parade- away from food concession areas. Arts & Crafts Booths: * Suggestion was made to assign arts and crafts booth locations upon registration so that they don't feel that they need to come so early to set up. First registrations get the better locations. Games: * It was suggested that a central ticket system be established so that there is less confusion regarding which games are requiring which tickets. This will require some problem solving since many different groups offer games -how then is the money from ticket sales divided. Also, the cost of prizes are different for each game. This will take some brainstorming -but the suggested